How To Bet On The Kansas City Chiefs

Could the Kansas City Chiefs be the NFL's next big thing? Tom Brady and the New England Patriots can't go on forever, can they? And in quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs have a budding superstar under center. There's a growing sense that the Chiefs are on the brink of something special. Finally freed from the struggles between 2007-12 that saw the Chiefs endure a pair of two-win and an equal number of four-win seasons and go through three coaches in that span, better days have spawned.

Since the arrival of Andy Reid as head coach in 2013, the Chiefs have been a consistent presence in the postseason, and in 2015, won a playoff game for the first time since Kansas City reached the AFC Championship Game in 1993. The Chiefs haven't looked this good since the early 1990s, when Marty Schottenheimer was head coach and Joe Montana was their quarterback.

Best Kansas City Chiefs Betting Lines

We provide the best Chiefs betting lines below, so keep your eye on them and find the game that is most appealing. Don't forget to take into account the variety of betting types. Watch the pointspread as the week progresses toward game day, because it will fluctutate, so when the line moves in your favor, you will want to pounce.

The Chiefs are perennially one of the best teams in the entire NFL in against the spread wagering. And the quick-strike ability of quarterback Patrick Mahomes has changed Kansas City's scheme from the ball-control passing game they ran under quarterback Alex Smith, making the Chiefs much more likely to go over on the total wager than in past years.

The Chiefs are currently on a high, but they've also endured their down times. From 1972 through 1985, the Chiefs never appeared in a single postseason game and posted only one winning season from 1974 through 1985.

Here is where you will find all of the details of the Kansas City Chiefs NFL schedule, and it's important to know what's been going on and what the future holds for the Chiefs before you go ahead and place a wager on Kansas City's next game. Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Chiefs since 1972, is one of the toughest places for a visiting team to leave with a victory, so keep that in mind.

Are the Chiefs in the midst of a run of home games? Are they playing on the West Coast, or in prime time? Perhaps they are coming off a Monday Night Football appearance, or dealing with a short week of preparation because they are being featured in the Thusday night prime time slot, or on Thanksgiving. These are all factors you must take into consideration when pondering a wager on the next Chiefs game, because how they traditionally respond in each of these scenarios will impact the direction of your bet.

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What Are The Kansas City Chiefs Standings

This is where you will find the up to date AFC West standings. For the first time in franchise history, the Chiefs won back-to-back division titles in 2016-17. No NFL division has the long-standing tradition of the AFC West. The Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos have all been housed in the same division since all four clubs were inaugural AFL franchises in 1960.

When the AFL-NFL merger was finalized in 1970, the Chiefs, Raiders, Chargers and Broncos formed the original AFC West, and they've been grouped together ever since. Between 1966-76, either the Chiefs or Raiders won every AFL or AFC West Division title and they were the only teams from the division to play in the postseason during that span. The Chiefs won the AFC West title in 1971, but that year marked their final playoff appearance until the 1986 Chiefs captured a wild-card playoff berth.

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How To Win Kansas City Chiefs Bets

The Kansas City Chiefs were the kings of the AFL. They were the winningest franchise in the history of the league, posting a 92-50-5 record from 1960 to 1969.

Hank Stram coached the team during their entire AFL tenure, and the Chiefs were the only team to win three AFL titles. Born as the Dallas Texans in 1960, the team relocated to Kansas City in 1963.

The Chiefs represented the AFL in the first Super Bowl game, losing 35-10 to the Green Bay Packers. They were the last team to play a game as an AFL franchise when they beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 in Super Bowl IV. In fact, the Super Bowl owes its name to the Chiefs. It was Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt who came up with the name after watching his children play with a super ball, a popular toy in the 1960s. The AFC champion receives the Lamar Hunt Trophy.

The Chiefs haven't been as good a bet as an NFL franchise. They've never won a Super Bowl as an NFL team, joining the New York Jets in this unique trivia question.

Famously Working Overtime

The Chiefs played in two of the most famous overtime games in football history. In 1962 as the Dallas Texans, they beat the Houston Oilers 20-17 in double overtime to win the first AFL championship in franchise history, winning on Tommy Brooker's 25-yard field after 17:54 of OT.

Nine years later on Christmas Day, the Chiefs and Miami Dolphins engaged in what at the time was the longest game in NFL history. It ended after 7:40 of extra time when Miami's Garo Yepremian booted a 37-yard field goal.

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